recommendation: best router for (open)VPN

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neuronetv
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2022 23:26    Post subject: recommendation: best router for (open)VPN Reply with quote
up until now I've been running a vpn (using openvpn) on a client linux box but now I'd like to try it on a router flashed with openvpn-capable-dd-wrt.
so my question is can anyone recommend a router that is good for this? I want to use the router as a gateway/client device that connects to a VPN provider, so that every device on the lan will be in the tunnel.
I've flashed routers before with ddwrt but they were older routers (linksys wrt54g) and the firware didn't support openvpn. thanks for any recommendations.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 16, 2022 6:56    Post subject: Reply with quote
hmmm it depends...
-PC box still holds the records...
-depends from your ISP speed and VPN provider
-your target WAN speed delivered
-R7800 or XR500 best price performance support router...it does somewhere about 100MBit+ over openVPN,..but it does around 200Mbit using Wireguard
-R9000 or R8900 or XR700 it has quad core CPU so it does a bit more than R7800...(sadly it has a complicated switch, that is vlan capable, but requires a deeper understanding...)

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TP-Link WR740Nv1 ---DD-WRT 55179 WAP
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -DD-WRT 55303 Gateway/DoT,Forced DNS,Ad-Block,Firewall,x4VLAN,VPN
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -Gargoyle OS 1.15.x AP,DNS,QoS,Quotas
Qualcomm-Atheros
Netgear XR500 --DD-WRT 55460 Gateway/DoH,Forced DNS,AP Isolation,4VLAN,Ad-Block,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R7800 --DD-WRT 55460 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,Forced DNS,AP&Net Isolation,x3VLAN,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R9000 --DD-WRT 55363 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,AP Isolation,Firewall,Forced DNS,x2VLAN,Vanilla
Broadcom
Netgear R7000 --DD-WRT 55460 Gateway/SmartDNS/DoH,AD-Block,Firewall,Forced DNS,x3VLAN,VPN
NOT USING 5Ghz ANYWHERE
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 16, 2022 8:00    Post subject: Reply with quote
Alozaros wrote:
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-R9000 or R8900 or XR700 it has quad core CPU so it does a bit more than R7800...(sadly it has a complicated switch, that is vlan capable, but requires a deeper understanding...)


Unless i misunderstood your point, i honestly thought the setting up of VLANs in Netgear R9000 is well sorted out. (See linked article, v4.5, below).

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 16, 2022 13:18    Post subject: Reply with quote
DWCruiser wrote:
Alozaros wrote:
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-R9000 or R8900 or XR700 it has quad core CPU so it does a bit more than R7800...(sadly it has a complicated switch, that is vlan capable, but requires a deeper understanding...)


Unless i misunderstood your point, i honestly thought the setting up of VLANs in Netgear R9000 is well sorted out. (See linked article, v4.5, below).


Yep, no offense at all.. R9000 is an excellent unit with 'mother in law issues'(bad radio heatsink design and bad cooling in general and a dual combo switch)...and you've done excellent job doing that VLAN guide...full marks...!!
Big Thanks to DWCruiser and Fozzi, im using some vlans on it... Embarassed Razz

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TP-Link WR740Nv1 ---DD-WRT 55179 WAP
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -DD-WRT 55303 Gateway/DoT,Forced DNS,Ad-Block,Firewall,x4VLAN,VPN
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -Gargoyle OS 1.15.x AP,DNS,QoS,Quotas
Qualcomm-Atheros
Netgear XR500 --DD-WRT 55460 Gateway/DoH,Forced DNS,AP Isolation,4VLAN,Ad-Block,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R7800 --DD-WRT 55460 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,Forced DNS,AP&Net Isolation,x3VLAN,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R9000 --DD-WRT 55363 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,AP Isolation,Firewall,Forced DNS,x2VLAN,Vanilla
Broadcom
Netgear R7000 --DD-WRT 55460 Gateway/SmartDNS/DoH,AD-Block,Firewall,Forced DNS,x3VLAN,VPN
NOT USING 5Ghz ANYWHERE
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2022 18:42    Post subject: Reply with quote
And keep in mind the NVRAM size. 32KB is not much for storing the basic configuration data and keys. You better look for 60KB or 64KB units.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2022 21:54    Post subject: Reply with quote
my recommendation would be a powerful minipci like these chinese minipc router

https://bit.ly/3WudzZP

check for AES-NI support on the cpu, these all are capable to run DD-WRT x64 professional license (cost 20$) , i use one myself for testing ... you can add also a wifi module , for dd-wrt is QCA9880/QCA9882/QCA9994/QCA9984 Chipset based module recommended and newer mediatek MT7615 and MT7915/MT7916 chipset modules

there is one system with 6x ethernet 2.5Gbit NICs and Intel i7-1165G7 CPU for 480 USD , which is a pretty powerful device , yet very low power consumption and passive cooled ...
neuronetv
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 21, 2022 14:11    Post subject: Reply with quote
thankyou for all the advice given here
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